Production Supervisor - Paint

Stellantis Financial Services; Warren (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellantis is seeking a Production Supervisor to manage small teams in a high-volume, unionized plant. You will drive safety, allocate manpower, and lead continuous improvement to meet throughput and cost targets.

You will coordinate activities to achieve metrics while applying the Stellantis Production Way (SPW). Responsibilities include ensuring the production plan is met, analyzing issues with other roles, training Team Leaders, and leading kaizen projects focused on safety, cost, quality,

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Ability to work any shift and overtime as needed.
• Excellent organization and communication skills, both written and oral.
• Strong interpersonal skills across all plant levels, from hourly to leadership.
• Ability to build relationships with plant leadership and customers.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Self-starter with leadership capability to coach and mentor teams.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Ensure production plan is met and drive continuous improvement activities.
• Lead a team to maintain a safe workplace and enforce safety tools and procedures.
• Analyze losses by shift and coordinate World Class Manufacturing activities.
• Monitor quality KPIs and guide team leaders to address issues.
• Allocate personnel on the line, manage absenteeism, and train teams.
• Mobilize support and resources to solve problems and lead kaizen events.

Skills

Team leadership

Safety awareness

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Continuous improvement

Education

High school diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Production Supervisor will be responsible for managing small work teams in a fast-paced, high volume, unionized, manufacturing environment. The Production Supervisor is responsible for ensuring team safety; building teams and training / allocating manpower; driving and implementing continuous improvement solutions to improve product quality and reach throughput and cost targets; and ensuring team morale. The selected candidate’s responsibilities will include but are not limited to coordinating all activities to achieve business metrics and implementing the Stellantis Production Way (SPW) processes and initiatives including the following;

• Ensure the production plan is met, analyzes issues with other roles, drives and implements continuous improvement activities and sustainability of solutions inside the Zone.
• Ensure a safe workplace, leads the Team to improve Safety in the area and enforces the use of mandated Safety tools and procedures.
• Understand losses during the Shift, use the C-Matrix to coordinate World Class Manufacturing activities and improve Zone performances.
• Proactively analyzes quality KPIs related to the Zone, prioritizes quality issues and properly guides Team Leaders.
• Ensure the right allocation of the people on the line, manages absenteeism, trains and builds teams.
• Possess knowledge of the broader manufacturing organization and can mobilize support groups and resources to lead and assist in problem solving activities.
• Actively participate and lead kaizen project activities centered on Safety, Cost, Quality and Throughput improvements and waste reduction opportunities identified through cost deployment.

EOE/Disability/Veteran

Basic Requirements:

• High school diploma or GED
• Ability to work any shift and overtime as required
• Excellent organization, written and oral communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interface with various levels of employees within all areas of the Plant from hourly represented employees to Senior Leadership asrequired
• Ability to build effective business relationships with plant leadership and customers
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Goal oriented self-starter with ability to lead teams
• Ability to coach/mentor/develop team members
• Must have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office

Preferred Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field
• 2 or more years' experience in supervision in ahigh-volumeenvironment.
• Demonstrated ability to coach/mentor/develop team members
• Previous experience working in a union environment
• Experience in continuous improvement systems and lean manufacturing
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office software programs